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Size of Farms

Census Year: 1940

Within: Volume 3: General Report

Introduction

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2. Introduction

Charts

1. Average size of farms for the United States: 1850 - 1940

2. Number of farms, 1880 to 1940, and land in farms, 1900 to 1940, by size of farm, for the United States

3. Number of farms and landin farms for selected size-of-farm groups, for the United States: 1880 - 1940

Maps

1. Farms of less than 10 acres - increase and decrease

2. Farms of 10 - 19 acres - increase and decrease

3. Farms of 20 - 49 acres - increase and decrease

4. Farms of 50 - 99 acres - increase and decrease

5. Farms of 100 - 174 acres - increase and decrease

6. Farms of 175 - 259 acres - increase and decrease

7. Farms of 260 - 499 acres - increase and decrease

8. Farms of 500 acres and over - increase and decrease

9. Farms of less than 10 acres

10. Farms of 10 - 29 acres

11. Farms of 30 - 49 acres

12. Farms of 50 - 99 acres

13. Farms of 100 - 179 acres

14. Farms of 180 - 259 acres

15. Farms of 260 - 499 acres

16. Farms of 500 acres and over

17. Average size of farms, Apr. 1, 1940

18. Farms of less than 50 acres as a percent of all farms, Apr. 1, 1940

Tables for the United States

1. Farms classified by acres of improved land, for the United States: 1870 and 1860

2. Number of farms under 3 acres in size, percent of all farms, minimum value of products, and index numbers of prices received by farmers, for the United States: 1880 to 1940

3. Number of farms with no land owned or leased, by States, 1940

4. Farms, farm acreage, and farm values, by size of farm, for the United States: Census of 1940

5. Number of farms, with increases and decreases, and percent distribution, by size of farm, for the United States: 1880 to 1940

6. All land in farms with increases and decreases, average acreage, and percent distribution, by size of farm for the United States: 1900 to 1940

7. Specified classes of land in farms, with percent of all land in each class and percent distribution, by size of farm, for the United States: Censuses of 1900 to 1940

8. Value of farms, with percent increase or decrease and percent distribution, by size of farm, for the United States: 1900 to 1940

9. Value of farm buildings, with percent of total value of land and buildings and percent distribution, by size of farm, for the United States: 1900 to 1940

10. Value of farm implements and machinery, with percent increase or decrease, and percent distribution, by size of farm, for the United States: 1900 to 1940

11. Average value per farm of land and buildings, and of implements and machinery, by size of farm, for the United States: 1900 to 1940

12. Average value per acre of land and buildings, and of implements and machinery, by size of farm, for the United States: 1900 to 1940

Tables for the Geographic Divisions and States

13. Average acreage per farm of all land in farms, by divisions and States: 1850 to 1940

14. Number of farms, all land in farms, and farm values, 1940, 1935, and 1930; and specified classes of land according to use, 1939, 1934, and 1929; by size of farm; by divisions and States

15. Number of farms, with percent distribution, by size of farm, by divisions and States: 1880 to 1940

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